Do you like olives?

@vera5d (4005)
United States
March 23, 2008 11:10pm CST
Do you like olives? Are you a green olive or black olive person if you like them? What are your favorite recipes with olives? I like olives somewhat, they are good on salads and pizza but I haven't used them for much else. My hubby bought a giant jar of green olives, so looking for something to do with them!! p.s.- he wants me to ask you guys since we can't find it anywhere online: how do they get the seeds out of an olive? And what are the red things inside green olives? (Not sure where he's leading to with this one, lol!)
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@dreamy1 (3811)
• United States
25 Mar 08
Yes I like olives. I like both red and green olives. I like Greek salad which included black olives.
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@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
greek salad sounds good :)
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
25 Mar 08
I love olives....love them. I especially love the green kind. I chop them up and mix them up with some cream cheese and then spread it on bread and grill it...to die for! sounds not good but you have to try it....it is the best.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
26 Mar 08
oh do try it. what is the very worst that can happen...you may not like it but i'll be willing to bet that if you like cream cheese and olives then you'll love them together. It is delicious.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
that does sound good actuallY!
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
Yes, I do like olives. Quite a lot :) There are some recipes like salads that use olives as part of the recipe but back home what we're used to is to eat them withe the food rather then in a recipe. Like there is usually a little bowl with olives at the table. So people are eating their food and will take the olives as they eat. We also use them as garnishing in certain food specially rice and even mashed potatoes. Even when the olives are part of the recipe, they usually are added only after the food is cooked, unless it's sometimes that is baked like cod with mashed potatoes and in that case we put olives on top and then put everything in the oven. I am sure that there are many other ways to use them, but this is the way I grew up with. As for preferences it really depends on what I"m eating. In Portugal we tend to favor the little black ones. That's the ones that we alway add to the table at meals. PErsonally I really like the greek ones. These ones instead of being kept in water and salt like we do for the black ones, usually already come in a vinegar liquid that makes them .. well vinegry LOL. NObody else in my home likes those except for me:) THe green ones are good too but we don't use them as much. But in the end, and because they're so often used as garnish, sometimes it's just a matter of color - what looks better with the food we are serving :) There is a special tool that will take the seeds out and live the olive intact otherwise, that's what they use to also stuff them with the red peppers.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
Oh, I forgot. The tool used to take the core out is often part those manual garlic presses. On one end it has the garlic function and on the other , usually the handle, there is a part of the metal protruding on one side and a little oval area with a hole in the middle on the other. YOu put the olive in the oval area and then press the seed comes out and the olive stays intact.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
26 Mar 08
Olives are a part of most meals back home :) It used to be a food for the peasants. They used to eat them with bread as a meal. But now = like many other things - everyone likes them and everyone eats them :)
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
wow, great info - you really know your olives! i like the idea of having a little bowl of them with meals!
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@bdugas (3578)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I am from Louisiana and we put olives in the potato salad. It gives it a whole new taste and really good. I like the black olives best. We always have plenty of both on hand. The green ones are good I like the salt taste. If you want the recipe for the potato salad them email me and i will send it.
@bdugas (3578)
• United States
24 Mar 08
We also put dill relish, eggs, parsley, onions, in it too. I use a spice called Nature's Seasoning and it goes in it too, but that is good in all your cooking. I guess with potato salad it is what ever you like. And yes sounds good in pasta salad too.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
24 Mar 08
the potato salad idea sounds yummy! I will have to try adding them next time...you made me think of another good use - pasta salad!
• United States
24 Mar 08
I'm not a fan of the stuffed green olives. But I do love the Smoked Garlic Green Olives that have the seed still inside. Those are soo yummy! I do like black olives from time to time. The red thing inside of some green olives is called a pimento. Not sure what the heck a pimento is though... The seeds are pretty tough to get out, I usually just eat the olive off of the seed. LOL
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@vera5d (4005)
• United States
24 Mar 08
Smoked garlic olives sound good i might have to try them! I thought it was a pimento, but wans't sure, lol. I don't really know what a pimento is either...though I know I like pimento spreads lol. thanks for the response!
@seiko25 (74)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I can't stand the taste of olives :)
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@LRB1111 (356)
• United States
24 Mar 08
:( lol
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
25 Mar 08
I love green olives on my pizza. I'm not real fond of black olives though. The red thing is pimento. I love green olives stuffed with garlic. They are really yummy.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
that sounds good! thx for the response!
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
28 Mar 08
The red things are pimentos. I do like olives but there are very high in cholestral.....so I don't eat them alot. I like the black olives on salad and pizza and the green ones just to eat!
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
29 Mar 08
i hear this, it's hard to believe! someone is telling me now we should be eating trail mix because it has 0 cholesterol!
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I have no idea what to do with your green olives (Martini?)because I don't like them; green or black. My husband likes black and so does my sister. They will eat them plain. My sister makes a pasta dish with them too. I just never could get used to the taste of olives. I do know that the red part is the pimento. lol
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
I know that now too :) i love learning stuff on here :)
@gemini_rose (16264)
24 Mar 08
I really do not like olives at all, I do not know how anyone can eat them, I have tried them a few times but it just does not work for me!!
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
at least you can say you tried it!
• United States
28 Mar 08
i LOVE olives. they are like one of my favorite veggies. my favortie is chopped olives on pizza. yummy. the stuffed olives are really good too, sometimes i even eat the seeds. haha
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
29 Mar 08
they are good on pizza, that reminds me i have some on my pizza in the fridge i should eat for lunch today! i forget we had leftovers!
@Deea48 (1166)
• United States
25 Mar 08
I do not like greeen olives or black olives or any olive, ewwww. Although I have used them for cooking , if they are in anything I eat, I am picking them off.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
29 Mar 08
thanks for sharing!
• United States
25 Mar 08
I have never tried olives, something about the smell just turns me off to them right away.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
they do smell kind of funny!
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
30 Mar 08
Yes I like them but I don't eat them all that often. I like to eat them plain. I always have them put on my Subway Sandwiches. I would eat them on pizza but no one else in my family would, so I don't.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
1 Apr 08
mmm, i always get them when we go to subway too! i haven't been there in quite a while though!
@horsesrule (1957)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I like black olives. I like them plain out of the can. I like them on pizza, in enchiladas, spanish rice. Stuff like that. I do not like green olives. I just can't passed the taste of them and that icky red thing is a pimento. Machines take out olive seeds or you can eat around it I guess. You can't eat an olive straight off a tree either since they will make you sick.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I like the black ones more than the green ones also...i would like an olive tree, but i don't think it would grow here very well!
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I am very fond of olives from little green pimento stuffed ones to large green garlic stuffed ones - or those giant black marinated olives - and the greek olives. There are many varying flavors from sweet to bitter to quite bitter, but I enjoy them all.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
24 Mar 08
there are a ton of different flavors! I think I am going to have to try some new ones! thanks for the response!
@LRB1111 (356)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I love olives! I prefer green over black olives though. I love the pimento inside too. I can eat green olives right out of the jar or in a salad. Black olives are better on pizza though and I don't think I've ever tried green olives on pizza, but I bet it would be good. Yum! :)
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
I've never had green ones on pizza either - might have to try it!
• United States
24 Mar 08
I think i like the green olives better. For some reason they just taste better than the black one. The green olives they are more tasty. The black olives are not as good, and most of the black ones has a weird after taste or something.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
24 Mar 08
the green ones are more salty maybe? i like 'em all, i just need some more ideas on what to do with them now! thanks for the response!
@Carolyn63 (1403)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I love olives. Green olives I add to my pasta salad, potato salad, even egg salad. Black olives are wonderful added to spaghetti and lasagna. But now that you have me thinking, how about some nice fried eggplant slices, with a little tomato sauce on top. Add some black olives and parmesan cheese. Great, now I'm hungry.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
mmm i love eggplant :) sorry i made you hungry!
• United States
24 Mar 08
I don't really like olives. I don't like really salty foods so that is probably a major reason why. I do like to use olive oil, though. Good luck with finding recipes!
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
26 Mar 08
i forgot about olive oil, lol...